ABSTRACT
POISSON INTEGRATORS FOR COMPLETELY INTEGRABLE
HAMILTONIAN SYSTEMS

AYDIN, Ayhan
M.Sc., Department of Mathematics
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bülent Karasözen

August 1998, 52 pages
 

We consider completely integrable Hamiltonian equations like Euler-Poisson equations of a rigid body around a fixed point and Kirchoff equations describing the motion of a particle in an ideal fluid. These equations possess a Hamiltonian, 
two Casimirs and for the integrable cases an additional fourth integral.

They are integrated numerically by using the reflexive updating formula which preserves the time-reversibility of the flow and a Hamiltonian splitting method which preserves the underlying
Poisson structure.

Numerical solutions reveals that the Hamiltonian, Casimirs and the additional integral errors remain bounded for long-time integration for both methods. The Casimirs are exactly preserved for the Hamiltonian splitting. The periodicity of the numerical solutions are retained the Hamiltonian splitting  method.

Keywords: Hamiltonian systems, complete integrability, Poisson structure, reversible integrators, splitting methods